SCENT PERFIQUE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC284949 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£729.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 7.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £729,516
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£133k
Net Worth
£730k
Current Assets
£155k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-06-30 | 2023-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £867.2k | — |
| Current assets | £154.7k | — |
| Cash | £133.0k | — |
| Debtors | £-3.4k | — |
| Net assets | £729.5k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-04-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-04-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-06➕PAPIRANSKY, Scott appointeddirector
- 2020-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-05-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-01-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2010-07-01➖SIM, Corinne resignedsecretary
- 2005-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs SCENT PERFIQUE LIMITED
- 2005-05-18➕PAPIRANSKY, Alice appointeddirector
- 2005-05-18➕SIM, Corinne appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Alice Papiransky Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 18/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 16/17 Castle Street
Castlepark Industrial Estate
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 9RF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
PAPIRANSKY, Alice→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PAPIRANSKY, Scott→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIM, Corinne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-05-18 · resigned 2010-07-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/05/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/01/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-04-24
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2023-04-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-04